---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW THE GOVERNING BODY OF AN OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TO SUBMIT AN APPLICANT FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE ARKANSAS TEACHER OF THE YEAR."
description: "TO ALLOW THE GOVERNING BODY OF AN OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TO SUBMIT AN APPLICANT FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE ARKANSAS TEACHER OF THE YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1477"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1477 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barker", "J. Bryant"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-13T18:15:14+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-18T18:47:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e081e4a4-8e5b-48c4-a9d4-c48136ea642a"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "507b17fc6f5c5b861b3c81efe7c0e7d21e1c2a077ae1674bce7ca4b6647cba18"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
---

# Arkansas HB 1477 (2025) — TO ALLOW THE GOVERNING BODY OF AN OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TO SUBMIT AN APPLICANT FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE ARKANSAS TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Act 303** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=303.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1477** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1477.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Barker — primary (person)
- J. Bryant — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-13T18:15:14+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-13T23:00:22+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T18:31:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T20:58:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-05T23:21:25+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-05T23:21:32+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T18:42:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13T20:26:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T20:26:33+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-13T22:08:26+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-13T22:08:28+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-14T13:12:25+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-18T18:47:59+00:00** Notification that HB1477 is now Act 303 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e081e4a4-8e5b-48c4-a9d4-c48136ea642a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).